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leafjerlefia · 1 year

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On Endings

Every January, we come together culturally and sing a song of new years and New Yous. We diet and exercise and idealize and hope. On the 1st of January we chant our mantras of new beginnings, while the night before we gorged ourselves and said goodbye to old years and Old Yous. In January when we’re positive we think of beginnings, and when we’re negative we think of endings. Its all about…

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leafjerlefia · 1 year

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I’m at point in my life where those close to me are navigating similar complex problems and either don’t have the energy to check in and chat or prefer to avoid conversations about challenges altogether.

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leafjerlefia · 2 years

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10.04.22

glassware reminds me of school dances and plastic cups dreams of future elsewheres of clothes that are mine, worn and wrinkled by my heat of dancing and songs of cheers coral cocktails, how sweet adulthood seems

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leafjerlefia · 2 years

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29.12.21

“later, love” said in a whisper standing at the door tomorrow now farther than ever my body yearns for your weight.

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leafjerlefia · 2 years

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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On Enoughness

Side Chick / Side of Fries They Went Home They went home and told their wives,that never once in all their lives,had they known a girl like me,But… They went home. They said my house was licking clean,no word I spoke was ever mean,I had an air of mystery,But… They went home. My praises were on all men’s lips,they liked my smile, my wit, my hips,they’d spend one night, or two or…

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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On Patience

Patience is a virtue. A guru tells me that the root of my impatience is insecurity. I marvel over the thought. How interesting. This fear that if you are not chosen first you will never be chosen. This phobia of being forgotten. Instant gratification spoils romance. What happened to certainty? Knowing what you need and wanting it now. Can I call this certainty? Expecting the Universe to follow…

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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On Friendship

with five friends I am five colours though, all shades of emerald green. -from in transit Matcha Tea & Bibimbap / Sorry, Mr. Leeberman I met my first best friend, or at least the first best friend I can remember, in third grade. We hung out a few times at recess and sat together to read the same book. We were very similar but also very different and I realized we were best friends when she…

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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On Memory

2 Sides to Every Story: “Just right,” the yellow-haired monster said, before she swallowed their only dinner. When my mother and I argue, there are always two sides to the story we write together. I said this, she said that; I meant this, she meant that. I find it interesting how memory can play with us, and how we can play with memory. My earliest childhood memories could have been moulded by…

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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06.04.21

My spirit is being threatened; today I feel the weight of Lucille Clifton’s line “won’t you celebrate with me… that everyday someone has tried to kill me and has failed.”

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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05.21.21

stel into your mediocrity your fear of being purposeless I was never a girl from goddess country neither a gem nor a jewel ego bruised, my purpose questioned today I am unremarkable

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leafjerlefia · 3 years

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